AltWeeklies Wire
Fit to be Tied (to a Contract)new
The fitness industry is booming, but are clubs maximizing their revenue at the expense of consumers' rights?
Tags: industry, rights, business, health, center, club, fitness, consumer, bally, better, Beware, buyer, complaints, contract, deceptive, gym, membership, practices, protection, sports & fitness
The Un-conventional Partynew
Outside the Democratic National Convention, amid the Kerry-Edwards signs, creativity and dissent are rampant as progressives urge Democrats to find their spines. A feeling of what it's really like to be behind the free-speech wall.
Can You Be a Little More Precise?new
What do we really mean when we say somewhere is a "bad" neighborhood?
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
07-29-2004 |
Commentary
Going to the Chapelnew
Looking in at traditional marriage from the guest's seat
Metroland |
John Rodat |
07-29-2004 |
Commentary
A Protest State of Mind: the Mental Patients Liberation Leaguenew
Questioning forced treatment, drugging, and even psychiatry itself, the Mental Patients Liberation League fights back against its exclusion from New York's mental health discussion.
Scarred Forever. Not.new
A few glimpses of porn are only harmful to children if they've been taught to be hysterical about sex.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
07-29-2004 |
Commentary
Tags: violent images, Web porn
Ugly is the New Black: Young Should Resist Blandnessnew
We need a revolution of ugly and dangerous art in response to Clear Channel's censorship of an antiwar billboard.
Metroland |
John Rodat |
07-29-2004 |
Commentary
Shooting Blanksnew
Imagine the rock world’s version of The Real World (or, more appropriately, The Surreal Life). Take one estranged-and- palpably-frustrated backup band; add one charismatic (and often socially troubled) lead singer -- preferably one who hasn’t had a hit in a while; stir in a liberal dose of media hype; and, voila! Instant million-seller.
Tags: Velvet Revolver, Contraband
Removable Alien: Ansar Mahmood Suffers Setbacknew
Ansar Mahmood, picked up in post-9/11 sweeps and convinced by a public defender to plead guilty to harboring illegals, has become a cause celebre across the country -- but that hasn't saved him from deportation.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
07-15-2004 |
Immigration
Letting Off a Little Smoke: Why people should quit whining about smoking bansnew
Smoking bans aren't an infringement of rights, no matter how hard you spin.
Metroland |
Miriam Axel-Lute |
07-06-2004 |
Commentary
Faith of the Fathers: “Under God” Argument Is More Than Academicnew
What's it like when your child's classmates tell her she's going to hell?
Metroland |
John Rodat |
07-06-2004 |
Civil Liberties
Still Smoldering: Bar Owners Love to Hate the Smoking Bannew
Butt-riddled pavement, the scent of stale beer and bar owners with tighter belts all have become signs of New York’s stiff-upper-lip approach to its year-old smoking ban.
Metroland |
Ashley Hahn |
07-06-2004 |
Policy Issues
Hiphop Hooeynew
So we’re told that Eminem is “just another group member” when he’s rapping with D-12. That’s not necessarily incorrect, but every group has an overachiever, and let’s be honest: D-12 wouldn’t be anywhere without their old buddy Marshall.
